Happy Easter!
The weather may not be great but hopefully you'll all have some quality time with your loved ones.
And if you don't get many Easter Eggs why not treat yourself to some vinyl instead?
Here's a round up of our forthcoming and recent releases.
Click on the cover art to reserve your copies
The Courettes - Hop The Twig (Ltd. ORANGE vinyl 7")
RELEASE DATE 30th APRIL
Look out! Look out! Look out! It´s 'HOP THE TWIG'! And it´s coming FAST!
'Hop The Twig' is The Courettes´ brand new single! An exciting and groovy blend of garage, early surf music and '60s girlie pop, all wrapped in tons of riot grrrl attitude. Like The Ronettes and The Ramones invite Link Wray and Duane Eddy for a wild party in Gold Star Studios’ echo chamber!
Hop the Twig was a slang for dying in the 19th century. A very up-to-date theme in these pandemic times, so the tune has a bit of a dark atmosphere - although you can easily dance to it. Shake off your lockdown blues and enjoy the ride, while you can!
Glorious B Side 'Only Happy When You´re Gone' is a Spector-Esque dancefloor Killer!, filled with girl group backing vocals and wall of sound echoes and vibes. And yes, tremolo fuzz atomic guitars are also there!
The Lurkers - 'The Boys In The Corner' c/w 'We Close The Door'
(Ltd. silver 7" - 600 copies only!)
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LURKERS - THAT'S PETE STRIDE, NIGEL MOORE & ESSO
The second single to be taken from their critically acclaimed 2020 album Sex Crazy, as featured in Vive Le Rock's albums of the year.
The cover may bring back some memories if you’re old enough!
We asked the band about the single…‘The Boys In The Corner’ - is that auto-biographical in any way? It reminds us of drinking songs from years ago, like the Pogues or ‘Little Old Wine Drinker Me’ what do you think?
Pete: Yeah it is totally autobiographical, but I believe that many people will identify with the lyrics, which have been somewhat magnified by this Covid situation. The early versions of the song were actually much slower than this finished version, but they seemed a touch maudlin and solemn, so we decided to rock it up a bit and this worked well, adding a little defiance and celebration to the song.
Nigel: It’s simply a song about good friends that are no longer with us something we all experience sadly. The song is a tribute to them.
Esso: I like it too, it’s sad, Pete wrote it.
Heavenly - The Singles (Pink Vinyl LP)
We have a new pressing of the 'A Bout De Heavenly' compilation from HEAVENLY back in stock on Pink vinyl, it's up on the Damaged Goods shop now and will also be back in the shops, all over the world very soon as well.
If you don't know then this lovely album has every one of their 7" singles that were originally released by Sarah, K & Wiiija Records.
please note: there is no digital on this one, so you won't get a free code sent to you after shipping like we normally do...
...but you will be able to find all the tracks on the likes of Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon
The Sensible Gray Cells - Get Back Into The World (BLUE vinyl LP)
Also still available are copies of the album on CD or cassette along with blue or grey copies of their most recent 7"
The William Loveday Intention - The Dept. of Discontinued Lines (4CD Box)
A boxed set of 4 CDs featuring the recent studio albums by The William Loveday Intention!
The four albums in the set are -
People Think They Know Me But They Don’t Know Me / Will There Ever Be A Day That You're Hung Like A Thief?
Blud Under The Bridge / The Bearded Lady Also Sells The Candy Floss
For the uninitiated, The William Loveday Intention is the latest band put together by Billy Childish. The project includes guest appearances by James Taylor (The Prisoners, JTQ), Dave Tattersall (The Wave Pictures) and Huddie Hamper (The Shadracks) amongst others.
All four albums are still available as standalone vinyl LP releases
